Marcus Valerius Messalla (Consul 161 BC)

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Marcus Valerius Messalla was a Roman politician in the 2nd century BC. BC, consul of the year 161 BC With Gaius Fannius Strabo and censor in 154 BC Together with Gaius Cassius Longinus .

He was the son of the consul of the same name from 188 BC. BC, Marcus Valerius Messalla . Messalla appears to have stood in the shadow of his counterparts during both the consulate and the censorship. It is believed that his personal insignificance was one reason why no member of his family reached higher offices in the following two generations.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Case Western Reserve University Press, Cleveland, Ohio 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), pp. 443f; on censorship in 154 BC See p. 449.
  2. ↑ Friedrich Münzer : Valerius 253) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity . Second row. Volume 8.1: Valerius Fabrianus to P. Vergilius Maro. (RE VIII A, 1) Stuttgart: Alfred Druckermüller Verlag, 1955, Sp. 128.

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personal data
SURNAME Valerius Messalla, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Messalla, Marcus Valerius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 161 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.